Born, Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Lives and works in New York and Mexico City. Studies 1981-84 at Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, U.N.A.M., Mexico and 1986-87 Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid. Gabriel Orozco's work has been featured in recent international exhibitions, including 1st Kwangju Biennale (1995); Everything That's Interesting Is New, Deste Foundation, Athens, in conjunction with the Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen (1996); Biennale Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Documenta X, Kassel, and Sculpture. Projects in Münster 1997, Westfälisches Landesmuseum (1997); XXIV Biennale de São Paulo and Berlin Biennale (1998); and SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico (1999). Orozco has presented solo exhibitions since 1993, including shows at Museum of Modern Art, New York (1993); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1994); Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (1996, 1998); Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, an Artangel project entitled Empty Club, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, and Kunsthalle, Zurich (1996); DAAD Gallery, Berlin, Staatlichen Museum am Kulturforum, Berlin, and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1997); and Musée Nationale d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and St. Louis Museum of Art, Missouri (1998).
